residue

noun/ˈrɛzɪduː/

Frequency rank: #7,420 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been removed.

Illustration for the English word “residue”

Example sentence

After the water evaporated, there was white residue left on the bottom of the pot.

Synonyms & related words

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